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Some benchmarks have numbers and tables. Some have bar graphs. They're all very nice, but I just revisited a demo that I used to do at Apple, and the results on a Mac Pro will take your breath away. Buckle up, because you may not have seen this amazing visual demo ever before. Back in the 2000-2005 time, I was involved with lots of professional conferences with Apple. In some cases, Apple ran the both, like SuperComputing and FOSE. In the case of smaller shows, like the American Astronomical Society (AAS), I would manage the booth along with another sales...

Through a long and circuitous route, I ended up at the Apple Store in Braintree, Massachusetts yesterday, and bought a MacBook. The where, what, and why of this transaction may be of interest. (Or it may not. I will at least point out that among my blogging pet peeves are the incessant morons out there who agonize over a PC purchase via a dialog with blog readers. Fear not, I've done it too. At least this time I'm just providing a post-mortem.) Why? Though I have a steady stream of PCs coming through here, I buy my own hardware, if...

The Rodent Mac Infestation Here I come to save the day! Will it be another hockey puck?On Tuesday, Apple introduced a new "multibutton" mouse, called the Mighty Mouse. The mouse looks like a slightly modified version of the mouse it replaced, except it has a noticable "Scroll Ball" in the center. The $50 mouse still has one big mechanical button, but touch sensors can tell if you're left or right clicking. Two pressure-sensitive controls on the sides can be used for another function. The Scroll Ball can scroll in any direction, and also is clickable. Unfortunately, you must have OS...